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dottiesyrky · 03-05-2016, 06:07 PM

Many apologies, I did not 'see' the renal failure in the question. Pancreatitis is like a red flag to a bull to me and that is all that registered. Don't know why as I lost my first and previous girl to acute and sudden renal failure. She seemed well until she had a slight tummy upset and when I took her to the vet the horror was diagnosed and she only lived a few days after that under vet intensive treatment.
I agree with all that Maximo says.
Certainly hydration is very important especially if dogs are fed dry kibble and get little water in their food. I wish I had known what to do before my poor baby got the affliction. The existing tests then didn't seem to indicate a problem until around 75% of kidney function was lost. But now the new CDMA test is said to reveal early kidney disease long before the kidneys are in catastrophic failure. Then hopefully it can be treated or at least the progress slowed down. So getting this new test would seem a good thing to do as an early warning.
A very interesting question, thank you for posing it.

03-05-2016, 06:07 PM	#4
dottiesyrky Donating YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: SW USA Posts: 2,505	Renal failure Many apologies, I did not 'see' the renal failure in the question. Pancreatitis is like a red flag to a bull to me and that is all that registered. Don't know why as I lost my first and previous girl to acute and sudden renal failure. She seemed well until she had a slight tummy upset and when I took her to the vet the horror was diagnosed and she only lived a few days after that under vet intensive treatment. I agree with all that Maximo says. Certainly hydration is very important especially if dogs are fed dry kibble and get little water in their food. I wish I had known what to do before my poor baby got the affliction. The existing tests then didn't seem to indicate a problem until around 75% of kidney function was lost. But now the new CDMA test is said to reveal early kidney disease long before the kidneys are in catastrophic failure. Then hopefully it can be treated or at least the progress slowed down. So getting this new test would seem a good thing to do as an early warning. A very interesting question, thank you for posing it.